THIS STUDY PROVIDED INFORMATION ON PROCEDURES AND METHODS FOR ESTABLISHING LEARNING STATIONS TO PROVIDE THE MENTALLY RETARDED WITH WORK-EXPERIENCE ACTIVITIES. SUBJECTS WERE 14 STUDENTS, AGE RANGE 16.2 TO 19 YEARS, WITH IQ SCORES OF 50 TO 79. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FACILITIES WERE USED AS LEARNING STATIONS. THE SUBJECTS PARTICIPATED IN COURSE…

AN AUDIOLINGUAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUE FOR IMPROVING RURAL SPEECH PATTERNS OF DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS WAS EVALUATED. THE SAMPLES CONSISTED OF 72 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WERE DIVIDED EQUALLY AMONG EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS. A SERIES OF LESSONS ON ENGLISH USAGE FOR LISTENING AND REPETITION WERE ADMINISTERED TO THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP. THESE…

THE RELATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SKILLS-CENTERED APPROACH AND THE LANGUAGE-EXPERIENCE APPROACH TO TEACHING READING TO DISADVANTAGED URBAN CHILDREN IN THE FIRST GRADE WAS EXAMINED, AND METHODS COMPARED. APPROXIMATELY 50 TEACHERS AND 1,150 STUDENTS MADE UP THE PROJECT SAMPLE. TYPES OF DATA GATHERED INCLUDED PRETEST AND POST-TEST SCORES OF THE…

This two-year evaluation study reviews the Perach Tutorial Project, a one-to-one tutorial project in Israel in which university students tutor children in socially disadvantaged areas in return for a partial tuition scholarship. The report contains: (1) an introduction; (2) a detailed description of the operation and structure of the project; (3)…

Microethnographic analysis of a videotaped reading lesson given by a Hawaiian teacher to four Hawaiian second grade students was conducted to determine whether elements of cultural congruence could be identified in the patterns of teacher-pupil interaction. Participation structures in the reading lesson were found to resemble those in talk story,…

Designed for ninth grade disadvantaged and educable mentally handicapped students for occupational orientation and exploration, this revised curriculum guide consists of eight sections, five of which incorporate simulation units to provide hands-on experience. The sections are: Orientation to the School; Orientation to Self in Relation to the…

Recommended teaching techniques for instructing disadvantaged students are presented in this manual. A general definition of a disadvantaged student is given in the introduction, followed by a specific listing of characteristics which a student in the State of Virginia should exhibit in order to qualify for a special program for disadvantaged…

Two lines of argument have been advanced to support the assertion that schooling makes little difference in the efforts of low status people to achieve equality or a fair chance at survival. One says that the genetic inferiority of certain races makes them incapable of benefitting from schooling. Although there is no hard biological evidence to…

Some individuals more readily develop learned helplessness in the classroom, so it is necessary for the educational system to acknowledge it and develop teaching methods to prevent it. Creating awareness among educators of this condition could greatly decrease its occurrence. Children who have a high risk of developing learned helplessness,…

The Direct Instructional System for Teaching Arithmetic and Reading (DISTAR), a highly structured, systematic program, was developed to provide instruction to disadvantaged children. This paper cites the opinions of proponents and opponents of the program and notes the results of previous studies of the effectiveness of DISTAR. The paper then…

This paper is divided into two sections. The first section presents a discussion of the characteristics of the disadvantaged child and the ways in which the philosophy and approach of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study (SCIS) meets his/her needs. The second half is devoted to the descriptive reports from teachers and administrators in whose…

PLANNING, IMPLEMENTATION, AND EVALUATION OF TITLE I PROJECTS IN PUERTO RICO EMANATED FROM THE COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. THROUGHOUT THE VARIOUS PLASES OF TITLE I ACTIVITIES PROJECT DIRECTORS WORKED CLOSELY WITH THIS CENTRAL OFFICE. OBSERVATIONS, ATTENDANCE RECORDS, INTERVIEWS, AND QUESTIONNAIRES WERE THE PRIMARY EVALUATIVE TECHNIQUES…

SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT AND DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN THE BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE DISCUSSED. SPECIAL EMPHASIS IS GIVEN TO THE BASAL READING PROGRAM IN WHICH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH DISADVANTAGED BACKGROUNDS, HIGH MOBILITY, AND LOW ASPIRATIONS HAVE BEEN TAUGHT TO READ AT OR ABOVE GRADE LEVELS. IN THIS PROGRAM CHILDREN…

PRESENTED IS THE STATISTICAL RECORD OF TITLE I ACTIVITIES IN NEW MEXICO DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1966-67. THE REPORT CONTAINS DATA ON SCHOOL DISTRICT ALLOCATIONS, TOTAL EXPENDITURES IN EACH BUDGET CATEGORY, AND EXPENDITURES IN EACH CATEGORY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND SCHOOLS FOR THE HANDICAPPED AND THE DELINQUENT. IT ALSO INCLUDES FIGURES ON PERSONNEL IN…

THE ENLARGED FEDERAL ROLE IN EDUCATION DOES NOT RELIEVE OTHERS OF THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES. ONE OF THE MAIN PURPOSES OF THIS POLICY STATEMENT IS TO URGE GREATER EFFORTS BY STATES, LOCALITIES, AND PRIVATE BUSINESS TO DISCHARGE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO IMPROVE AND EXTEND EDUCATION AND TRAINING WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO RAISING THE PRODUCTIVITY, AND…